Title:
Cities, cultural policy and governance
Author:
Isar, Yudhishthir Raj.
ISBN:
9781446201220
9781446201237
Publication Information:
London : SAGE, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 448 p. : ill, map. ; 25 cm.
Series:
The cultures and globalization series ; bk. 5
General Note:
Includes index.
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 METROPOLITAN CULTURAL POLITICS, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE -- Overarching Issues -- 1.Cities as Geopolitical Spaces for the Global Governance of Culture / Katharine Sarikakis -- 2.Communication Networks, Cities and Informal Economies / Ramon Lobato -- 3.Challenges of Governance in Multi-ethnic Cities / Phil Wood -- 4.Cities and Universities: A Virtual Cultural Policy Nexus / Dragan Klaic -- 5.Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development / Jordi Pascual -- 6.City Branding / Lily Kong -- 7.Competing Cities and Spectacularizing Urban Landscapes / Davide Ponzini -- 8.The Creative Cities Discourse: Production and/or Consumption? / Stuart Cunningham -- 9.The Creative City: Compelling and Contentious / Charles Landry -- City experiences -- 10.The Production of Culture: Abu Dhabi's Urban Strategies / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- 11.Amsterdam: A Multicultural Capital of Culture / Wil Zonneveld --
Contents note continued: 12.Creative City, City Marketing, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy: Challenges for Antwerp / Katia Segers -- 13.`Creative Governance' in Berlin? / Janet Merkel -- 14.Brazzaville: A Global Village of African Culture / Patrice Yengo -- 15.Spectacularizing Fes / Justin McGuinness -- 16.Reshaping, Installing, Pioneering, Spearheading... Realignment of Istanbul / Kevin Robins -- 17.Johannesburg: Investing in Cultural Economies or Publics? / Kim Gurney -- 18.Rich but Divided... The Politics of Cultural Policy in London / Kate Oakley -- 19.The Cultural Mapping of L'viv / Linda Knudsen McAusland -- 20.Marseille-Provence 2013: Cultural Capital, but for What Kind of Europe and under Which Globalization? / Ferdinand Richard -- 21.Medellin: Tales of Fear and Hope / Octavio Arbelaez Tobon -- 22.Melbourne and Brisbane: The Claims of Suburbs / Mark Gibson -- 23.Mexico City: Cultural Policies, Governance and Civil Society / Lucina Jimenez --
Contents note continued: 24.Mumbai: Historic Preservation by Citizens / Abha Narain Lambah -- 25.New York City: City Culture as Public Display / Louise Mirrer -- 26.Paris: A Process of Metropolitanization / Mathias Rouet -- 27.Sao Paulo: Rich Culture, Poor Access / Maria Carolina Vasconcelos-Oliveira -- 28.Shanghai: Images of Modernity / Xin Gu -- 29.Torino: A Change of Skin and More / Luca Dal Pozzolo -- 30.Vancouver: The Enigmatic Emerging Cultural Metropolis / Tom Hutton -- 31.Venice, Reloaded? A Tale of Urban Life (and Death) / Pier Luigi Sacco -- 32.Cultures and Cities: Some Policy Implications / Yudhishthir Raj Isar -- 33.Ethnographic Snapshots: Visions of Cities / Mieka Ritsema -- pt. 2 INDICATOR SUITES -- Designer: Donnie Luu / Helmut K. Anheier -- Describing and Comparing Culture in Cities Globally: An Overview / Michael Hoelscher -- Overarching Issues -- 1.Trends in Urbanisation -- 2.City Networks and Rankings -- 3.City Comparisons -- City suites -- 1.Abu Dhabi --
Contents note continued: 2.Berlin -- 3.Istanbul -- 4.London -- 5.L'viv -- 6.Mexico City -- 7.New York City -- 8.Sao Paulo -- 9.Shanghai.
Abstract:
"Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world's urban hubs - through its diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, the book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework. Making a truly global contribution to the literature, editors Isar and Anheier bring together a truly international and highly-respected collection of scholars. In doing so, they skilfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning. Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy."--Publisher's website.